OK, so that is in centigrade, but when your house is basically the same temperature as outside, that's still cold! Central heating (much to Kerry's chagrin) is not common in Australia, or at least in Sydney. They don't have much use for insulation, either. They are almost done with this fancy new building that Ben and his lab will be moving into, and Ben's adviser just realized that they decided not to insulate a few extremely temp-sensitive rooms (i.e., the temp can't change more than 1 degree). We're not sure if they wanted to save $$ and decided that insulation wasn't that useful anyway, or if it was just plain ignorance since insulation is so rarely used here.
When we were moving everything into storage in our parents' houses, the last thing we thought we'd need to pull out is our down comforter! But that's the one thing that Ben asked Kerry to send before she left.
Related to this, we had one of those "Oh yeah..." moments the other day. Ben's adviser (who is house-shopping) said that they saw a great place that had nice north-facing windows so it would be warm in the winter. Oh yeah... guess that is how it would work here.
If anyone from Alaska wants to bring us a nice wood stove... (hint, hint Chris and Mara!)
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